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There exist two Christian radio stations.
These stations exist in a large market well known for it's support of CCM for over the last 30 years.
One of these stations is award winning and well known in the Christian music industry.
The other has been on the air for only around a year.
Both are commercial.
One is owned locally.
One is owned corporately.
Bot have decent ratings, considering the size of the market and the share of listeners available for Christian music.
They both have believers on staff. They both do a good job of radio, overall.
Both have some strong air talents.
Both have a some who aren't so strong.
Both promote concerts. Both reach out to listeners.
So why are they fighting with each other?
Why do both sides behave like children at times?
Why are nasty e-mails sent from one station to the other?
Why do both stations bad mouth each other?
Sure, each station was started with the professed purpose of providing a safe place to dock for Christians and families.
Sure, each station started with the noble purpose of reaching a city with something better; something pure.
But what is each station now focussed on? Each is simply focussed on beating the other. Is that why we started? Is that why we were called?
Sure, we do great radio. Sure, we try to reach as many as possible. Sure, we strive for excellence.
But what do we do when our actions begin to clearly prove that we are playing directly in the hands of a divider?
What do we do when our days begin to be spent playing games with each other and not playing to our listeners?
We are sheep. Led by one master, but easily scattered and distracted. Are we really so easily fooled into believing that winning over our brother is the key to recieving a 'well done' from our shepherd?
Fools, we are. A fragile and easily toppled army. And I am ashamed at my own past behavior and the behavior of my bretheren.
This word and encouragement: "Return to your first love and turn your weapons against your actual enemy. Turn them away from your brothers. Your passion, time, and resources spent railing against your fellow Christian broadcasters are serving only to help your enemy."
Stop it!!!!! Remember WHY you began and return to that purpose. Somewhere along the way you stopped doing damage to the gates of hell and began doing damage to your own city!!!!
STOP IT. REMEMBER AND RETURN. Quit wasting your time or everything you have been entrusted with will be taken away from you and given to those who will prove themselves faithful.
I don't CARE what the other station did to you. I DON'T CARE how you have been wronged by your competition. God has called YOU to be accountable for YOUR actions. So stop the focus on the OTHER station. And begin to pray, research, and meditate on what God would have you do with what he has entrusted to you.
These stations exist in a large market well known for it's support of CCM for over the last 30 years.
One of these stations is award winning and well known in the Christian music industry.
The other has been on the air for only around a year.
Both are commercial.
One is owned locally.
One is owned corporately.
Bot have decent ratings, considering the size of the market and the share of listeners available for Christian music.
They both have believers on staff. They both do a good job of radio, overall.
Both have some strong air talents.
Both have a some who aren't so strong.
Both promote concerts. Both reach out to listeners.
So why are they fighting with each other?
Why do both sides behave like children at times?
Why are nasty e-mails sent from one station to the other?
Why do both stations bad mouth each other?
Sure, each station was started with the professed purpose of providing a safe place to dock for Christians and families.
Sure, each station started with the noble purpose of reaching a city with something better; something pure.
But what is each station now focussed on? Each is simply focussed on beating the other. Is that why we started? Is that why we were called?
Sure, we do great radio. Sure, we try to reach as many as possible. Sure, we strive for excellence.
But what do we do when our actions begin to clearly prove that we are playing directly in the hands of a divider?
What do we do when our days begin to be spent playing games with each other and not playing to our listeners?
We are sheep. Led by one master, but easily scattered and distracted. Are we really so easily fooled into believing that winning over our brother is the key to recieving a 'well done' from our shepherd?
Fools, we are. A fragile and easily toppled army. And I am ashamed at my own past behavior and the behavior of my bretheren.
This word and encouragement: "Return to your first love and turn your weapons against your actual enemy. Turn them away from your brothers. Your passion, time, and resources spent railing against your fellow Christian broadcasters are serving only to help your enemy."
Stop it!!!!! Remember WHY you began and return to that purpose. Somewhere along the way you stopped doing damage to the gates of hell and began doing damage to your own city!!!!
STOP IT. REMEMBER AND RETURN. Quit wasting your time or everything you have been entrusted with will be taken away from you and given to those who will prove themselves faithful.
I don't CARE what the other station did to you. I DON'T CARE how you have been wronged by your competition. God has called YOU to be accountable for YOUR actions. So stop the focus on the OTHER station. And begin to pray, research, and meditate on what God would have you do with what he has entrusted to you.
